Bullock's oriole

Bullock's oriole
noun Etymology: William Bullock fl1827 English naturalist Date: 1878 an oriole (Icterus bullockii) of the western United States in which the male has a black crown and black line through the eye and the female has a yellowish head and breast and that was formerly considered to be a subspecies of northern oriole

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